Captain ShipWreck Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 On 5/13/2024 at 1:35 PM, grapeape said: You answered a great mystery for me. Crazy to me people worry about art personalized to someone else. I have a piece of art personalized to "Dwayne". When I bought the piece, the guy that sold it to me recommended I erase Dwayne's name if it bothered me 😂 I just take these as a part of the history of a piece. Not art, but a book was privately offered to me a few months ago that had the original owner's name written on the cover in pen- which was common back in the day. The guy who was selling it decided to scribble over it and then had an artist who worked on the book sign over the name. In a funny turn of events the original owner whose name was on the book is a semi-well-known artist. The seller kinda ruined the provenance and devalued the piece. John E., Terry E. Gibbs and grapeape 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapeape Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 On 5/13/2024 at 10:56 AM, Captain ShipWreck said: Not art, but a book was privately offered to me a few months ago that had the original owner's name written on the cover in pen- which was common back in the day. The guy who was selling it decided to scribble over it and then had an artist who worked on the book sign over the name. In a funny turn of events the original owner whose name was on the book is a semi-well-known artist. The seller kinda ruined the provenance and devalued the piece. I bet he probably owns a gifted civil war pistol that he took a scrubbing brush to the patina. Captain ShipWreck and Rick2you2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick2you2 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 On 5/15/2024 at 7:59 AM, grapeape said: I bet he probably owns a gifted civil war pistol that he took a scrubbing brush to the patina. It’s not always so “black and white”. While most antiques with the look of age on them are considered better than if scrubbed, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern furniture can be made more valuable with cleaning. Both styles look best when their clean, simple lines stand out, and the grime of age reduces it. If a piece had a bad bulky signature on it, or something else affecting its artistic integrity, I would get rid of it, too. Terry E. Gibbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MyNameIsLegion Posted May 16 Popular Post Share Posted May 16 On 5/16/2024 at 5:01 AM, Rick2you2 said: It’s not always so “black and white”. While most antiques with the look of age on them are considered better than if scrubbed, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern furniture can be made more valuable with cleaning. Both styles look best when their clean, simple lines stand out, and the grime of age reduces it. If a piece had a bad bulky signature on it, or something else affecting its artistic integrity, I would get rid of it, too. if people would just laminate their art when they buy it. All these things could be avoided! Dr. Balls, Terry E. Gibbs, Michael Browning and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lobrac Posted Friday at 03:32 PM Popular Post Share Posted Friday at 03:32 PM Both pieces freshly flipped from eBay. Batman Adventures #36 page 21 sold for $612 on May 6, and the SSOC #36 page went for a grand on May 19. https://www.ebay.com/itm/335371564519 https://www.ebay.com/itm/305570341358?itmmeta=01HYNK4HRK8EZW7W9NYZB56RKD&hash=item47256961ee:g:L-kAAOSwZlZmP7pL Now....$1500 and $2000: https://www.panelpageart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=4180 https://panelpageart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=4182 Twanj, cloud cloddie, Sean I and 5 others 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloud cloddie Posted Friday at 04:53 PM Share Posted Friday at 04:53 PM Just the latest from this “seller”. Excalibur 19 page 14. Sold on HA April 3, 2024 for 2160. Now available for 2600. https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=2023450 Sean I, Lee B. and grapeape 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
